Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has told debt-ridden Thames Water to seek a “market-based solution” to its woes in a recent open letter to the company’s 100-institution-strong creditor group. ‘Market-based solution’ to Thames Water In the letter, Reeves stated over Thames Water t...
Protesters in Indonesia have set fire to a parliament building, as massive unrest sweeps the country. Working-class people are fighting back in more than 30 towns and cities against the cost of living, politicians’ perks, and police brutality. Parliament set to fire by the Indonesian youth...
The obsession with flags is called vexillomania. A flag is just a symbol. It’s tribalism – which side I’m on. Tribalism in football is mostly good natured banter. I’ve been to European games and international games where it has built bridges with foreign fans. That’s what responsible a...
On 1 September, the Labour Party government announced that it will now fund 30 hours of free childcare per week for eligible families. It claims that this fulfills pledges made to tackle the cost of childcare. However, experts have been quick to point out that not everybody will benefit fr...
Cosmetic surgery has always been closely linked to beauty ideals, but in recent years those ideals have shifted dramatically. What once leaned heavily toward a standardised, often Eurocentric model is now evolving into something more inclusive: culturally sensitive cosmetic surgery. This n...
Because of the government’s abuse of counter-terrorism powers, Teuta Hoxha from the Palestine Action Filton 24, has been held in prison without trial for the last nine months, and has been on hunger strike since 11 August as a protest against the denial of her basic rights. She says hersel...
We’re now at that point of the not-so-great immigration debate where mainstream political leaders are committing to sending refugees back to the Taliban to be slaughtered, to the unbridled glee of a bloodthirsty minority that think “our” is spelled as “are”, and painting a red cross on a r...
While terves go around claiming trans people are a threat to kids, a known TERF stood by as a man threatened trans protesters with a knife and encouraged him outside a performance of The Cursed Child. On Friday 29 August, young activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better protested outside the...
As MPs return to parliament on 1 September, home secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to announce stricter rules on asylum seekers’ families coming to the UK. The announcement seeks to counter mounting rhetoric surrounding the so-called ‘small boats crisis‘. It also follows legal troubles a...
In Gaza, water is no longer life. It has become like a transparent bullet, entering the body quietly and killing it slowly. The cup that a child raises to his lips may carry delayed death inside it. Gaza: where water is now a rare commodity In every home, there is a story of thirst. Mother...
